thence

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thence

/ðɛns/

Rhymes with -ɛns

Where it comes from

From Middle English þennes, from þenne + -es (“adverbial ending”), the former from þanan, þanona, from Proto-West Germanic *þananā. Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

adverb

formal, not comparable From there, from that place or from that time. I came thence.
literary, not comparable Deriving from this fact or circumstance; therefore, therefrom. I had a really bad car accident, and thence came all my backpains.
archaic, not comparable From that time; thenceforth; thereafter.

Opposite: thither

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thereof, therefrom, hence, therefore, thus, consequently, away, forward, thereafter, afterward, later, subsequently, thereupon, thereat, whereupon, ergo

adverb

Opposite: thither

Translations

Every language

adv from there

Español	de/desde ahí/allí/allá/acullá/allende
한국어	거기에서 geogieseo
हिन्दी	वहाँ से vahā̃ se, यहाँ से yahā̃ se
Português	desde aí, daí
Français	dès lors, de là
Deutsch	daher, von dannen, dorther
Ελληνικά	εκείθεν ekeíthen
Română	de acolo
Русский	отту́да ottúda
العربية	مِن هُنَاكَ min hunāka, ثَمَّ ṯamma

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@misc{thence_2026,
  title = {thence},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thence},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}